Defeat away at Georgia has hit Scotland’s hopes of featuring at the continental championships next summer hard, but they could still advance to the European showpiece.

A positive result against Germany could get their hopes of a spot in France back on track, and Scotland (who currently sit on 11 points) could overtake second-placed Poland, who currently have 14 points.

Gordon Strachan has overseen great improvement during his time as Scotland coach, and is cultivating a squad full of options.

The coach prefers a 4-2-3-1 formation, and should be expected to employ this approach against the Germans.